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Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra bows to a portrait of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana at Don Mueang International Airport on August 22, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Lauren DeCicca via Getty Images)
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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy during the FOX Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on September 27, 2023, in Simi Valley, California. (Justin Sullivan via Getty Images)
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William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
John Fonte
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for American Common Culture
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
